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The difference a letter makes …

I sent out my weekly e-mail this week. In my greeting line I generally address recipients – Hello Todd and Patty, for example. On this occasion my fingers let me down and I omitted the “O” at the end of “Hello.” You can imagine the sinking feeling knowing innocent people were addressed as “Hell Todd and Patty.” Wayne replied to my e-mail with, “I would expect that kind of language from the guy at the garage but not from my pastor. you could have used heck.” Aaron gave this reply, “Only the hell-checker would have caught that. 🙂 I did laugh, but it was at the thought of the reaction you were going to get from that hellacious greeting.”

I am hopeful others will find it a way to underscore the mere humanity of their pastor. Once the horror lifted I laughed at myself. I am grateful for JoAnn’s input – if that typo causes someone major problems they must not have enough real work to do… I appreciate you greatly – and even on my worst day couldn’t make this mole hill into a mountian. : )

Pastoral Prayer: Holy One, we are often lulled into smugness. Here we sit this morning while others are elsewhere. Quickly we allow this seed to grow into a spiritual superiority that blinds us from Jesus, from you. Too often we read the prophets and sit in judgement on a … Continue reading

Luke 4:21-30; Jeremiah 1:4-10

Pastoral Prayer: Lord God, it is easy for us to get tied to things as they are. After all, it is what we know and have known. We admit that we really like Jesus’ message of planting and building his Kingdom. We do find it … Continue reading